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dodge

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of dodge

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

just another dodge to get out of working in the yard

Synonyms of dodge

artifice, device, fetch, flimflam, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, knack, play, ploy, ruse, scheme, shenanigan, sleight, stratagem, trick, wile

Words Related to dodge

bluff, end run, feint

cheating, chicanery, cozenage, craft, crookery, cunning, deception, dupery, duplicity, fakery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery (or skullduggery), subterfuge, swindling, trickery

fraud, gaff, hoax, sham, swindle

blind, front, smoke screen

Phrases Synonymous with dodge

sleight of hand

dodge

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of dodge

1 to move suddenly aside or to and fro

dodging through the crowd on his way to the exit

Synonyms of dodge

duck, jink, sidestep, slalom, weave, zigzag

Words Related to dodge

avoid, elude, escape, evade, parry, shirk, skirt

deflect, turn

slide, slip

2 to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness

always trying to dodge the landlord's rule prohibiting pets

Synonyms of dodge

beat, bypass, circumvent, get around, shortcut, sidestep, skirt

Words Related to dodge

avoid, duck, elude, end-run, escape, eschew, evade, outflank, shake, shirk, shun

disobey, disregard, flout, ignore

avert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off)

Near Antonyms of dodge

accede (to), acquiesce (to), assent (to)

accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome

catch, contract, incur

Antonyms of dodge

comply (with), follow, keep, obey, observe

3 to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery

dodged the horde of paparazzi by leaving through the service entrance

Synonyms of dodge

avoid, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, finesse, get around, scape, shake, shirk, shuffle (out of), shun, weasel (out of)

Words Related to dodge

miss

avert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off)

ban, bar, debar, eliminate, except, exclude, preclude, rule out

bypass, circumvent, skirt

foil, fox, frustrate, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, thwart

Phrases Synonymous with dodge

fight shy of, keep clear of, stay clear of, steer clear of

Near Antonyms of dodge

accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome

catch, contract, incur

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